Wadley vs Wedowee

A side-by-side comparison of Wadley and Wedowee: population, income, housing, and more.

Wadley and Wedowee are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wedowee has the higher population (905 vs 837 in Wadley). Wadley has the higher median household income ($47,788 vs $41,635 in Wedowee). Wadley has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $189,300 in Wedowee).

Population, income & housing

	Wadley	Wedowee
Population	837	905
Median age	20.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,788	$41,635
Median home value	$191,100	$189,300
Median gross rent	$460	$642
Housing units	286	481
Homeownership rate	57.5%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wadley	Wedowee
Population	829 → 837 (+1.0%)	820 → 905 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$23,958 → $47,788 (+99.5%)	$31,042 → $41,635 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $191,100 (+109.8%)	$120,000 → $189,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $460 (+18.6%)	$444 → $642 (+44.6%)

Wadley

Population

829837

Median household income

$23,958$47,788

Median home value

$91,100$191,100

Median gross rent

$388$460

Wedowee

Population

820905

Median household income

$31,042$41,635

Median home value

$120,000$189,300

Median gross rent

$444$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wadley	Wedowee
Under 5	4.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	39.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.3%
75 and over	5.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wadley	Wedowee
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	64.3%
Black or African American	21.0%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wadley	Wedowee
No high school diploma	11.0%	23.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wadley	Wedowee
Drove alone	65.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	22.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wadley	Wedowee
1-unit, detached	75.9%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Wadley	Wedowee
Poverty rate	25.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1974	1972